It was one exciting trip for the Blountstown Tiger and Altha Wildcat weightlifting teams as they competed in Kissimmee at the state finals Friday.

The Tigers won the championship as a team, with Chris Byrne, Javon Mosley, Ryan Hathcox and Hunter Jenks claiming indidivual titles in their weight classes. Chaz Fain placed 4th in his division and Debarrus Colvin came in 7th.
Altha’s Ronnie Tucker claimed a state title, with teammate Jordan Lawton runner up. Trevor Wriston placed 4th, Caleb Chew was 10th and Anthony Gratz was 11th. The Wildcat team came in 6th overall. Check out this week's print edition for all the details.